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Because this issue is rapidly evolving as information about the state of Liberal-NDP negotiations is made public, a change was made to this resolution before the submission deadline.
Final Version 2023-10-05, 5:30PM ET
Change rationale: The NDP has provided more detail about their red lines today, and we wanted to bring our resolution in sync with that:
Davies said the NDP will accept nothing less than a commitment to pharmacare paid for and administered through the public single-payer system, though it doesn’t have to happen all at once.
The NDP would be willing to start with essential medicines and expand from there, he said, but wants to see the timelines enshrined in the legislation.
‘Extremely fluid’: Liberals and NDP haven’t yet agreed on promised pharmacare bill
For this reason, we’ve changed the language of the resolution to allow for pharmacare legislation that meets these red lines. A bill would now need to have a clear commitment for public, universal, and comprehensive pharmacare – in short, this version of the resolution allows for a legislated timeline for implementation.
WHEREAS The C&S agreement requires a Pharmacare Act before 2024
WHEREAS NDP Health Critic Davies stated, "it is crucial that the legislation be clear that the system is universal, comprehensive and entirely public", and draft legislation is "not where we want it to be";
WHEREAS Resolutions cannot bind Caucus;
BE IT RESOLVED the NDP will publicly declare that continued confidence and supply is contingent on government legislation that clearly commits to a universal, comprehensive and entirely public pharmacare program
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that although this motion is not binding on the NDP caucus, it is the express intent of the party to declare this positionLaunch Version: 2023-10-04
WHEREAS The C&S agreement requires a Pharmacare Act before 2024
WHEREAS NDP Health Critic Davies stated, "it is crucial that the legislation be clear that the system is universal, comprehensive and entirely public", and draft legislation is "not where we want it to be";
WHEREAS Resolutions cannot bind Caucus;
BE IT RESOLVED the NDP will publicly declare that continued confidence and supply is contingent on forthcoming government pharmacare legislation being universal, comprehensive and entirely public
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that although this motion is not binding on the NDP caucus, it is the express intent of the party to declare this position